Abstract
Writing about obesity research is a challenging task. While the rising obesity epidemic drastically raised public awareness of the problem, the causes behind the epidemic are still poorly understood. The etiology of obesity is a subject of ongoing scientific debate with widely varying views and strong opinions. Is it mostly genetic or environmental in nature? Is obesity caused by changes in our diet or changes in lifestyle and physical activity or both? Modern research literature quite often offers conflicting findings. Publications in popular media like the one in Time magazine add to the controversy by making quick and strongly worded summaries of academic research. Although the root causes of obesity remains a topic of active research, this review concentrates on the fundamental components of weight regulation in humans and their relative contribution to the energy equation. A better understanding of the energetics of obesity may provide some insight into the etiology of the obesity epidemic. The energetics of obesity also showcases an engineering challenge: development of techniques to accurately measure individual components of the energy equation.
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